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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Neptune-like

LHS 3154 b

LHS 3154 b orbits the star LHS 3154, 51.4 light-years from Earth. It completes an orbit in 3.718 Earth days.

DISCOVERED 2023 · Radial Velocity

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LHS 3154 b
ORBITAL VISUALISATION
Neptune-likePlanet type

Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.

3.69 × Earth’s radiusSize

Around 269% wider than Earth.

3.718 daysYear length

Time to complete one orbit.

51.4 light-yearsDistance

Its light travels for roughly 51 years to reach us.

2023Discovered

Radial Velocity

Overview

LHS 3154 b is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2023. The credited discovery facility is McDonald Observatory. Its Radial Velocity evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.

Its recorded radius is 3.69 times Earth's radius. Size is useful for comparison, but it cannot establish surface conditions by itself.

The planet

The archive lists a mass or minimum-mass value of 13.15 Earth masses (Msini). Radius: 3.69 Earth radii.

Mass and radius constrain possible interiors; multiple compositions can fit a given set of measurements.

Orbit & year

A year here lasts 3.718 Earth days. Its recorded semi-major axis is 0.023 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.

Eccentricity: 0.076. Zero describes a circular orbit; increasing values describe more elongated ellipses.

Host star

LHS 3154 · M6.5.

Effective temperature: 2,861 K.

Mass: 0.11 times the Sun’s mass.

Planetary system

1 confirmed planets are stored for this star.

LHS 3154 b · 3.718-day orbit

Discovery

Reported discovery year: 2023. Method: Radial Velocity. Facility: McDonald Observatory.

First stored in this atlas: 04/10/2026. This is an ingestion date, not a confirmation date.

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Potential habitability

The data here does not establish habitability, liquid water, or life. An appropriate atmosphere and many other conditions would be needed.

The listed equilibrium temperature is 344 K. This is an estimated energy-balance temperature, not a measured surface temperature.

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What do we actually know?

Observed

The underlying light, motion or timing signal. Usually not a photograph of the planet.

Measured

Parameters derived from observations, with instrument and model uncertainty.

Calculated

Our light-year conversion and browsing class are calculated from archive values.

Estimated

Equilibrium temperature is an energy-balance estimate, not surface weather.

Inferred

Possible composition depends on models and may not be unique.

Unknown

Surface conditions and the presence of life are not established here.

Measured signals are interpreted through models. The archive’s composite table combines published values and may include calculated estimates. Values do not necessarily form one self-consistent solution.

Radius and mass can be estimated or inferred, orbital period comes from recurring observations, and size classification is calculated by this site. Atmospheric and surface conditions remain unknown unless established by specific observations.

Consult the archive for individual parameter references and uncertainty intervals before scientific use.

Scientific data

Radius3.69 Earth radii
Mass / minimum mass13.15 Earth masses (Msini)
Orbital period3.71778 Earth days
Semi-major axis0.02262 AU
Eccentricity0.076
Equilibrium temperature343.83 K · estimated, not surface temperature
Host star temperature2,861 K
Host star mass0.1118 Solar masses
Host star radius0.1405 Solar radii
Distance15.7606 parsecs
Discovery year2,023
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery facilityMcDonald Observatory
Discovery publication2023-12
Stellar spectral typeM6.5

Uncertainties and parameter provenance

Archive uncertainty ranges and published references, where available. A missing uncertainty does not imply an exact value.

ParameterUncertainty / source
RadiusUpper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableCalculated Value
Mass / minimum mass+0.84 / -0.82Stefánsson et al. 2023
Orbital period+0.0008 / -0.00081Stefánsson et al. 2023
Equilibrium temperature+10.45 / -10.45Calculated Value

Sources

NASA Exoplanet Archive · Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (PSCompPars).

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Last changed in this atlas: 04/10/2026, 11:39:41. Read our methodology.

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